沉沬

Chinese

		submerge; immerse; sink submerge; immerse; sink; deep; profound; to lower; to drop	dawn; place name
trad. (沉沬/沈沬)		沉/沈	沬
simp. (沉沬)		沉	沬
alternative forms		踮沬 Taiwanese Hokkien

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tîm-bī / tìm-bī / tiàm-bī

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tîm-bī
    • Tâi-lô: tîm-bī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dimbi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tim²⁴⁻²² bi²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tìm-bī
    • Tâi-lô: tìm-bī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diembi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tim⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bi⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiàm-bī
    • Tâi-lô: tiàm-bī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diarmbi
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiam²¹⁻⁴¹ bi³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiam¹¹⁻⁵³ bi³³/

Verb

沉沬

1. (Xiamen, Quanzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to dive; to go under water

Synonyms

• 潛水／潜水 (qiánshuǐ)
• (Eastern Min, Teochew) 沬水
• (Hokkien) 鑽水沬／钻水沬, 秤錘沬／秤锤沬, 倀沬／伥沬, 踮水沬, 藏水沬, 降水沬
• (Xiang) 𩑦沕子, 射沕子